ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
An expanding application for compounding extruders is the production of materials with new and outstanding properties by blending two or more polymer components. Mixing is essential to control domain size and insure nongradient properties whether the components are miscible, multiphase with discreet domains, or multiphase with stratified structure. This paper will comment on important mechanisms for dispersion in single-screw and twin-screw compounding extruders. A theoretical model for mixing via kneading blocks in twin-screw corotating extruders is experimentally verified. The pigment distribution was found experimentally to agree generally with theory. The commercially interesting polyblend systems and compounder geometries are more complicated than the theoretical model. Practical compounder design considerations for miscible, rubber-toughened and two-phase stratified systems are presented.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760231110
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